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Wanse vs Hanse - What's the difference?

wanse | hanse |

As a verb wanse

is to wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.

As a noun hanse is

a league; a confederacy or hanse can be (architecture) that part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

wanse

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(wans)
  • To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.

    • hanse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in Germany ) A medieval guild of merchants or traders; especially a commercial league of Germanic towns that had a house in London.
  • (in particular) The Hanseatic League.

    • Derived terms

    * Hanseatic * Lufthansa

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